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Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (rizzo) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:37:18 +0000

Please now post your conky questions in the monthly conky threads

Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (Sector11) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:51:10 +0000

Box Characters in Conky

Draw lines, create boxes ... Pop this little cheat-sheet above TEXT and with a little copy/past have fun:

## box chars - plus - works on #! Statler
## Inspired by Arpinux, Box Chars by Aphelion & Sector11
## http://crunchbanglinux-fr.org/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=15355#p15355
## │ ─ ┌ ┬ ┐ └ ┴ ┘ ├ ┼ ┤
## ║ ═ ╔ ╦ ╗ ╚ ╩ ╝ ╠ ╬ ╣

## ↑ ↓ → ← ↔ ► ◄ ▲ ▼ « »
## ░  ▒  ▓ ☺ ☻ ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠
## • ◘ ○ ◙ ♂ ♀ ♪ ♫ ☼
## ¼ ½ ¾ ® ©
TEXT

Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (Sector11) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:44:09 +0000

c0rnfed wrote:

Hi
i am still new to this conky thing and linux in general
this is my desktop right now
so my questions are...
how do i fix this long wait time?
and should i only need to run one instance of conky? how would i go about doing this???

Welcome to #!, conky and Linux in general.
Nice looking setup

No idea how to fix the long wait time, it looks like "gcalcli" is the guilty party here.

As to running two conkys that's not a problem, and in this instance probably for the best.

I don't know that script at all, but you may want to look at Conky Google Calendar Python Script. At least Mark is available for help there. The deb packages work fine with Statler - grab the Hardy version.

Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (c0rnfed) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:19:05 +0000

Hi
i am still new to this conky thing and linux in general
this is my desktop right now

i have two instances of conky on start up
my main problem is with the gmail calender first off it takes like 10 minutes for google calender to load and during that wait time it says the error "failed to authenticate"
the gmail calender also randomly turns on and off

the first instance of conky is for the top right corner panel
i got it from this link...
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/ … ent=141007

the second instance of conky is just for google calender
to put the google calender in conky i follwed these instructions exactly
http://ubuntuguide.net/display-google-c … sing-conky

so my questions are...
how do i fix this long wait time?
and should i only need to run one instance of conky? how would i go about doing this???

Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (xeNULL) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:53:55 +0000

I am not sure how I fixed it lol but it is working. I am using a lua script for my mixerbar. Any who wants to add a volume mixerbar to their lua script here is the code.

{
    name='mixer',                arg='Master Front',                      max_value=100,
    x=40,                          y=542,
    graph_radius=24,
    graph_thickness=5,
    graph_start_angle=180,
    graph_unit_angle=2.7,          graph_unit_thickness=2.7,
    graph_bg_colour=0xffffff,      graph_bg_alpha=0.3,
    graph_fg_colour=0x111111,      graph_fg_alpha=0.5,
    hand_fg_colour=0xFFFFFF,       hand_fg_alpha=1.0,
    txt_radius=34,
    txt_weight=0,                  txt_size=8.0,
    txt_fg_colour=0xFFFFFF,        txt_fg_alpha=1.0,
    graduation_radius=23,
    graduation_thickness=0,        graduation_mark_thickness=2,
    graduation_unit_angle=27,
    graduation_fg_colour=0xFFFFFF, graduation_fg_alpha=0.5,
    caption='',
    caption_weight=1,              caption_size=8.0,
    caption_fg_colour=0xFFFFFF,    caption_fg_alpha=0.3,
},

Will need editing though

Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (Sector11) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:45:25 +0000

xeNULL wrote:

Sector11 wrote:
xeNULL wrote:
Wonder how to fix the above error
What happens is you just add:
TEXT
${mixerbar}
When I use ${mixerbar} on its own I get:
conky: mixer.c:841: snd_mixer_handle_events: Assertion `mixer' failed.
I just added ${mixerbar 'Master Front'} as thats at the top of the list on amixer, Although it returned the same error as above.

I have the feeling I went through this not to long ago. It, if memory serves correctly, depends on whick mixer you are using.
But I may be wrong on that - it happens a LOT!
I'll search and see what I can find.

Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (xeNULL) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:31:27 +0000

Sector11 wrote:

xeNULL wrote:
Wonder how to fix the above error
What happens is you just add:
TEXT
${mixerbar}

When I use ${mixerbar} on its own I get:

conky: mixer.c:841: snd_mixer_handle_events: Assertion `mixer' failed.

I just added ${mixerbar 'Master Front'} as thats at the top of the list on amixer, Although it returned the same error as above.

Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (Sector11) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:16:21 +0000

wlourf wrote:

FlyHigh wrote:
Does anyone know how to make a conky overlap like the clock on the left?
Look to the $voffset function !
Example :
${font FreeSans:size=60}${color Ivory}${time %H}
${voffset -150}
${color DeepSkyBlue}${time %M}
You can have a look to theses examples too :
http://conky.pitstop.free.fr/wiki/index … t_%28en%29
hth !

Welcome back wlourf... really good to see you.

You're right .., voffsets can create some nice displays...

${voffset 45}${font monospace:bold:size=9}${color2}TIME${font} ${color6}${hr}
${goto 30}${voffset 0}${font LCDMono:bold:size=35}${color}${time %H}${voffset -14}${font LCDMono:bold:size=20}:${time %M}
${font LCDMono:bold:size=10}${goto 97}${voffset -15}${time %S}${font}

Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (Sector11) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:07:39 +0000

mrpeachy wrote:

glad to help
while i'm not actively involved with conky at this time, i do check in on the forum quite regularly...
not that i'm needed with sector11 around to answer conky question

Right, mention LUA, or bash for that matter, and I shrivel up real fast like.

Off topic question - what are you involved in these days?

Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (wlourf) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 07:58:15 +0000

FlyHigh wrote:

Does anyone know how to make a conky overlap like the clock on the left?

Look to the $voffset function !
Example :

${font FreeSans:size=60}${color Ivory}${time %H}
${voffset -150}
${color DeepSkyBlue}${time %M}

You can have a look to theses examples too :
http://conky.pitstop.free.fr/wiki/index … t_%28en%29

hth !

Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (FlyHigh) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 07:27:08 +0000

Does anyone know how to make a conky overlap like the clock on the left?

Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (mrpeachy) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 07:02:13 +0000

glad to help
while i'm not actively involved with conky at this time, i do check in on the forum quite regularly...
not that i'm needed with sector11 around to answer conky question

Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (pvsage) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:49:55 +0000

Sector11 wrote:

I don't use hwmon so I didn't realize that is may not always be the same or that there wouldn't be any temp2 files inder certain conditions.
Let us know how you make out.
@ mrpeachy, thank for the input!

I had been using acpitemp on my netbook, but...
a. it doesn't work on my new desktop, and
b. it's deprecated in Testing and Unstable.

Not only did I have no idea that there would be no temp2 file (if you think about it and know what to look for, it makes sense that there wouldn't be one if there's only one temp sensor for a given interface), I didn't know this information would actually be found in files; I thought it would be either in a system register or read directly from the sensors "on demand". (Apparently, I also don't realize that the length of parenthetical text should not exceed that of the main text...)

So far, it looks like $if_existing is doing what I want it to do.

Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (Sector11) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:05:35 +0000

xeNULL wrote:

Wonder how to fix the above error

What happens is you just add:

TEXT
${mixerbar}

Also you might want to set the size with the default bar command

default_bar_size 150 20
TEXT
mixerbar:
 ${mixerbar}
mixerbar 'Master':
 ${mixerbar 'Master'}

also ... the (device) must be in single quotes like in amixer

  00:00:15 ~
         $ amixer
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 6 [19%] [-37.50dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 6 [19%] [-37.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 25 [81%] [-9.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [3.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [3.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Surround Jack Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Shared' 'Independent'
  Item0: 'Shared'
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [3.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
  Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [3.00dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Front Left: Capture [on]
  Front Right: Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Front Input',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2'
  Item0: 'Mic1'
Simple mixer control 'Video',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Limits: 0 - 3
  Mono: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback Source',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'PCM' 'Analog In' 'IEC958 In'
  Item0: 'PCM'
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 15
  Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-45.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mix' 'Mic'
  Item0: 'Mix'
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined penum
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 15
  Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off]
  Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive penum
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Channel Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: '2ch' '4ch' '6ch' '8ch'
  Item0: '2ch'
Simple mixer control 'Duplicate Front',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]

  00:00:19 ~
         $

Re: Conky Help

dummy@example.com (Sector11) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 02:43:15 +0000

pvsage wrote:

^ Those both look promising. I'll try mrpeachy's solution first (once my slow-ass & problematic wifi dongle lets me finish switching to Sid...taking all frickin' day), as it looks simplest. Thanks guys!
EDIT: Still struggling with the wifi (not software, just hardware ) but went ahead and tried while waiting for the system to reconnect again & again. Since all I'm really concerned about (obsessed with?) right now is the CPU temp, all I needed was
CPU temp: ${if_existing /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/temp2_input}${hwmon 0 temp 1}${else}${hwmon 1 temp 1}${endif}
But I know what to add if I decide I need to track the mobo & GPU as well.

I saw mepeachy's post and it's definitely a better solution to the request. I don't use hwmon so I didn't realize that is may not always be the same or that there wouldn't be any temp2 files inder certain conditions.

Let us know how you make out.

@ mrpeachy, thank for the input!